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AdRakuten Ichiba DiplomatEsteem Fountain PenFountain pen$104List price

AdYahoo! Shopping AuroraOptima Blue CT Ballpoint PenBallpoint$390List price

AdRakuten Ichiba AuroraIpsilon Blue Kuromu Ballpoint PenBallpoint$100List price

AdYahoo! Shopping EsterbrookEstie Sukaretto GTFountain pen$195List price

AdYahoo! Shopping DiplomatAero Ballpoint PenBallpoint$139List price

AdRakuten Ichiba ConklinAll American Fountain PenFountain pen$104List price

AdRakuten Ichiba AuroraDuokaruto Gold Cap - Red Fountain PenFountain pen$139List price

AdYahoo! Shopping AuroraIpsilon Yellow Ballpoint PenBallpoint$100List price

AdRakuten Ichiba EsterbrookEstie Hanikamu CTFountain pen$195List price

AdYahoo! Shopping SheafferLegacy Fountain PenFountain pen$209List price

AdRakuten Ichiba MonteverdePurima Collection Fountain PenFountain pen$84List price

AdYahoo! Shopping AuroraTalentum Gold Black Ballpoint PenBallpoint$223List price

AdRakuten Ichiba EsterbrookEstie Sea Glass CTFountain pen$195List price

AdRakuten Ichiba AuroraIpsilon Satin Blue Fountain PenFountain pen$139List price

AdRakuten Ichiba AuroraStyle Black Peppa Ballpoint PenBallpoint$56List price

AdRakuten Ichiba Graf von Faber-CastellGiroshe Garufu Blue Ballpoint PenBallpoint$209List price

AdYahoo! Shopping Mitsubishi Pencil (uni)PURE MALT (Oku Wood - Premium - Edishon) 4 Function PenBallpoint · 2009$38List price

AdRakuten Ichiba AuroraIpsilon Black Ballpoint PenBallpoint$100List price

AdYahoo! Shopping EsterbrookEstie Petorifaido Forest GTFountain pen$195List price

AdRakuten Ichiba EsterbrookEstie Sakura StreetFountain pen$404List price

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UserNohara KohgeiWooden Mechanical PencilMechanical pencil · 2 want it$56List price

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AdRakuten Ichiba Mitsubishi Pencil (uni)uni-ball Zento 3 Colour Ballpoint Pen Standard ModeruMulti pen · 2 want it$5.22List price

AdRakuten Ichiba LudditeTechDraw2Mechanical pencil · 2 want it$17List price

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AdYahoo! Shopping Caran d'AcheEcridorBallpoint · 1 want it$181List price

AdRakuten Ichiba ZebraSARASA ClipBallpoint · 1 want it$0.70List price

AdRakuten Ichiba Graf von Faber-CastellClassic Collection Makasa Wood Ballpoint PenBallpoint · 1 want it$418List price

AdRakuten Ichiba Graf von Faber-CastellClassic Collection Guranadira Fountain PenFountain pen · 1 want it$613List price

AdRakuten Ichiba PlatinumSilver Solid WoodFountain pen · 1 want it$1,045List price

AdRakuten Ichiba Mitsubishi Pencil (uni)STYLE FIT Meister 4 Colour HolderMulti pen · 1 want it$5.57List price

AdRakuten Ichiba LAMYLAMY 2000 Ballpoint PenBallpoint · 1 want it$160List price

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2026-11Montblanc Bram Stoker Review: Part Numbers 133418 and 133422, Two Pens for Dracula's CreatorMontblanc's Writers Edition honours Bram Stoker. How do the red-and-black resin 133418 and the silver 133422, limited to 1,897 pieces, differ? We read the syringe and bat motifs from Montblanc's own descriptions.Read article

2026-10F-STYLE of Gifu Hand-Wraps Mino Washi Around Each Pen Barrel — 18 of the 38 Ballpoint Patterns Are Cherry BlossomsF-STYLE, a workshop in Gifu, wraps Mino washi printed with yuzen patterns around each pen barrel by hand. Counting the names of the 38 ballpoint patterns in PencilDB, 18 turned out to be cherry blossoms. The same patterns are wrapped around fountain pens too.Read article

2026-10Ystudio Brassing Review: The Brass Pen You Sand Down YourselfTaiwan's Ystudio makes solid brass pens with a black coat that wears or sands away. How "brassing" works and what overseas reviewers found.Read article

2026-10The history of Ohto: from an ink shop to the Auto Pencil, and why AUTO became OHTOOhto began in 1919 as a dye and ink shop. Its path runs through a pencil-shaped ballpoint, the water-based roller pen, ceramic balls and a spelling change.Read article

2026-10Sunstar mute-on Review: A Gel Pen With 33% Less Knock Noise and Poetic Colour NamesA look at Sunstar Stationery's quiet gel pen mute-on: 33% less knock noise, a clip that retracts, and the poetic colour names of both batches.Read article

2026-10Montegrappa Quattro Review: The Square-Bodied Successor to Zero, with a Sapphire CrownMontegrappa's Quattro explained from official sources: the Zero-Quattro-Otto number names, the sapphire crown, heavy metal trims that add downforce to the nib, and what the price buys.Read article

2026-10Opus 88 Koloro Review: The Taiwanese Factory That Revived the Japanese EyedropperOpus 88 went from OEM factory to its own brand. The shut-off valve hidden in the Koloro's blind cap is the same mechanism Japanese eyedroppers used a century ago.Read article

2026-9Wancher Matcha Fountain Pen Review: Two Pens, 18K and 14KWancher's Matcha fountain pen comes in two different versions: an 18K model sold in Japan and a 14K model sold internationally. We compare the official specs, part numbers and the Kodachi grind.Read article

2026-9Onishi Seisakusho: the one-man Osaka workshop that inherited Visconti's lathesA one-man workshop in Higashi-Osaka. Keizo Onishi became an apprentice at 65 and inherited the machines — and the principles — of the shop that once turned Visconti's celluloid barrels.Read article

2026-9Luddite TechDraw2 review: the drafting pencil that started at 7.4 mmLuddite's first writing instrument was a drafting pencil just 7.4 mm across. Three review videos trace what changed — and what didn't — between TechDraw and TechDraw2.Read article See all41 in all

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